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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

This is an amazing service! I was stuck along my doctoral journey for several years. I hired this company and recently Finished my final oral defense with flying colors successfully! Their whole team... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I want to take a moment to sincerely thank the exceptional professionals who provided outstanding support while consistently meeting deadlines. A special shoutout to Dr. Boardman and, in partic... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

What an amazing group of professionals! From my first conversation with Heather to every single interaction with Real Professors, they were responsive and attentive. Paul’s help with my dissertation w... See more

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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Worst experience in my whole academic career. They do not seem to do anything on time. They are so overloaded that they do not pay attention to some of the work. I wasted four weeks since consulting h... See more

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  1. Educational consultant

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Real Professors is an academic consultancy that is dedicated to helping online doctoral students complete their dissertations on time. Real Professors only uses real (retired) professors to assist with topic development, literature review, theory, design and methods, data analysis, and APA 7 writing and editing.


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4.4

Excellent

TrustScore 4.5 out of 5

52 reviews

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

My overall experience with Real professors was excellent

My overall experience with RealProfessors was excellent. Both Paul and Stephanie went above and beyond from the beginning until I successfully completed my dissertation. In addition to providing quality service, Paul was very knowledgeable and willing to assist in seeking out teaching and/or research opportunities within higher education.

15 May 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Amazing team!

Paul and his team were with me for every single difficult step I had to take during this journey. From choosing a topic, developing a proposal, writing every single chapter, getting the survey out, collecting data, data analysis, and preparing me for my defense step by step, they were there. They handled every revision and dealt with my very difficult committee to allow me to pass. If you need your dissertation done right and done quickly! This is your team! Thank you Paul, Stephanie, Jake, and Lei! I would not be graduating without you.

26 April 2024
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I GRADUATED!!!!!

Dr. Paul Boardman is the smartest, most hard-working person I have ever had the pleasure to speak with. I graduated faster than planned and he helped with all my emails.

THANK YOU!!!!!!

1 December 2023
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Reply from Real Professors

Thanks for the kind words. You absorbed every facet of your study and deserve the title of Doctor. You were a pleasure to work with. I wish you the best in your endeavors, professional, academic, and otherwise. Please keep me apprised of your career progress.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Wish I found them years ago!

The team at Real Professors have been amazing in providing guidance on my dissertation as well as provide a no BS approach to dealing with the academic system. Wish I had found them earlier to avoid all the pain and mistakes made earlier in my career. Thank you for all the help!

1 September 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding Dissertation Assistance!

My recent collaboration with Real Professors for my doctoral dissertation was truly exceptional, leaving me extremely satisfied with the entire process. They offered outstanding services that were not only professional but also delivered on time, contributing significantly to the development of my ideas.

Real Professors exhibited clear understanding of the complexities involved in conducting research at a doctoral level and producing quality academic writing. In addition to refining my research inquiries, they provided valuable insights into effectively organizing and structuring my dissertation. Their guidance throughout every step emphasized their expertise in this field.

For anyone seeking doctoral dissertation assistance, I highly recommend engaging Real Professors services without hesitation. Thanks to their support and expertise during our collaboration I am close to successfully completing my dissertation.

17 November 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Best educational services

It is great to know that real professors can educate, mentor, tutor and advice at the same time. They provide good understanding of the needed skills and put assignments in big contexts. Not only delivering the best quality services, they are willing to go beyond expectation to do extra and truly hold hands to help one forward. The premium experience that I did not get in my own learning. Every help has been great and I know I can count on them to get through my education

28 September 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I graduated!!!

I'm thrilled to share that Real Professors played a pivotal role in my academic journey. Their expertise and support were instrumental in shaping my dissertation into a successful piece of work. I highly recommend Real Professors to any student looking for top-notch guidance and assistance.

15 August 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Real Professors really helped me finish…

Real Professors really helped me finish my dissertation and successfully defend and graduate. From the start, working with Paul and Jake was a learning experience as he explained everything to me so I understood how to present the statistical data. Stephanie was wonderful, providing me with reassurances and support when I needed it. I would recommend this team to anyone needing help with their Ph.D.

18 September 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A+++

Jake was a delight to work with. I learned more from him than my chair.

6 October 2023
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Real Professors was amazing for my…

Real Professors was amazing for my educational progress and ultimately my career. I truly could not have done this without them. Together they helped me every step of the way, showing me the best steps to overcome challenges, and to succeed in graduation. I highly recommend their services to any one!!

17 August 2023
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars

Be Careful with this company!

Be careful with this company. They were incredibly rude, unprofessional, and aggressive towards me. After telling me we were working together and sending them my dissertation, I was left ghosted for 4 weeks, despite several unanswered email inquiries! I had to cancel a semester and lost lots of money. It took telling them I may leave a negative review to get a sudden response from their CFO (Lei), essentially informing me she forgot to get back to me to tell me they took on higher-paying clients. They were unapologetic, highly condescending and said they didn't want to work with me since I threatened to leave a bad review. The entire correspondence was around talking me out of leaving a review, using gaslighting tactics. I finally told them to bug off. Be warned.

12 September 2023
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Reply from Real Professors

To be very clear, Real Professors did not agree to work with this person. We never sent him a contract for any service. We never even discussed a contract for service. He has never been a client.

No less, I provided him with a free consultation, including sending him some of my personal teaching materials via email regarding what statistical tests were appropriate for his research hypotheses and dataset. I also mentored him via Zoom for an hour about why multiple regression (of one ilk or another, after the obligatory assumptions tests) was the only appropriate method.

But, indeed, after this, I lost him in the shuffle of new business as the onset of the Fall academic term began. As a potential new client, this reviewer was not a priority because after I quoted him our pricing via email, his response was, "LOL. Okay, well thank you for your time." This was before I met with him via Zoom, which I did despite knowing he would likely go with a different consultancy. After the free Zoom mentoring session, our actual (i.e., paying) clients became the priority, as anyone who is an actual client of Real Professors would expect.

As for anyone with Real Professors being rude, aggressive, and condescending, this is patently false. The reviewer interacted with three professors. All of their communications with the reviewer were informative and professional in tone.

I have requested the evidentiary bases with which the Trustpilot Content Integrity Team (TCIT) has justified retaining the claims made in this review to remain online. The TCIT has not provided evidence (e.g., email exchanges supporting the reviewer's claims in this review) because it does not exist.

All of that said, I am very aware that a reviewer does not have to be a client to leave a valid negative review. The only valid (i.e., true) content in this review is that I did not respond to the reviewer's emails for weeks for the aforementioned reasons, after the aforementioned Zoom mentoring session. If this is grounds for a one-star review, I fully accept that.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Just what I needed

I had hit a point in my dissertation that I couldn't get past, and my "real" committee wasn't able or willing to help me. But Real Professors was. They helped me put the pieces together in a way made sense and pushed me over the finish line. And they did it in a supportive (and prompt!) way that was missing from my "real" experience.

5 May 2023
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Reply from Real Professors

Wow thank you for the kind words. It was a pleasure to assist you when, unfortunately, your chair and committee wouldn't. In an ideal world, our company is unnecessary. But doctoral programs now see dollar signs when they look at doctoral candidates who are ABD and, unethically if not fraudulently, hold you back so you can pay them more tuition.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Very professional

Very professional. Turnaround is not the fastest but the final product was great.

15 April 2023
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Reply from Real Professors

Thanks for the very nice review and for the constructive criticism. Indeed, the end of the Spring term is our busiest time. I am glad you graduated on time and without any revisions requested by your professors to Chapters 4 and 5.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Professor Marco and his colleagues were FANTASTIC!

I worked with Professor Marco and he had the time that my actual professors just couldn't spare to really talk me through and guide me through my data. He also added in some editorial help at no charge! I was up against a deadline to get my draft in during the first part of March and Marco and his colleagues made time for me and really worked to make sure I had a clean draft and from there I was able to finish my thesis and ahead of schedule. I am so thankful because with out the Real Professors, I don't think I would be getting my degree in just a few short weeks! Thanks!

15 March 2023
Unprompted review

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